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Lester to head nuclear science and engineering

June 19, 2009

International Engineering Systems Symposium addresses complex, large-scale challenges

June 17, 2009

The figure illustrates a hierarchical network of carbon nanotubes mimicking a cell's protein network to connect a small heat source (red area) to a larger area that serves as a heat sink.

Taking the heat off

Biomimetic-engineering design can replace spaghetti tangle of nanotubes in thermal material

June 16, 2009

3 Questions: William S. Swelbar on his aviation blog

June 16, 2009

Professor Franz-Josef Ulm with the nanoindentation machine in his research lab.

MIT engineers find way to slow concrete creep to a crawl

June 15, 2009

Collaboration eyes computing boost for New England

Rooted at MIT, effort brings together state, industry, academia

June 11, 2009

Blocking termites' defense mechanisms

Targeting immune system may offer sustainable pest control method

June 8, 2009

Louis Smullin, former electrical engineering department head, 93

June 8, 2009

Students from Professor of Archeology and Ancient Technology Dorothy Hosler's class work on making the full-size authentic replica of a pre-Columbian South American balsa oceangoing raft on the Charles river. Here Leslie Dewan and Feng Wu work.

Ancient trading raft sails anew

Faithful copy of pre-Columbian vessel tested on Charles

May 12, 2009

Eight teams win IDEAS awards

Grants will support efforts in developing nations

May 5, 2009

Engineering first again in U.S. News graduate rankings

April 23, 2009

EECS assistant professors Tomás Palacios, left, and Jing Kong examine oscilloscope traces showing the doubling in frequency of an electromagnetic signal processed through their experimental graphene microchip.

New material could lead to faster chips

Graphene may solve communications speed limit

March 19, 2009

Barbara Liskov wins Turing Award

ACM cites 'foundational innovations' in programming language design

March 10, 2009

Q&A with Institute Professor Barbara Liskov

March 10, 2009

Brian Wardle, the Charles Stark Draper Assistant Professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, shows an advanced composite material held together by "nanostitching," a technique developed at MIT thatÂ could make airplane skins and other products stronger.

'Nanostitching' could lead to much stronger airplane skins, more

Work could make airplane skins, other products 10 times stronger at a nominal additional cost

March 5, 2009

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